A new ‘Über-standard’ supporting all major plugin formats and uniting some of the best-known international audio companies under one virtual roof, is proud to announce availability of Zip — further cementing Californian coding masterminds Unfiltered Audio’s Plugin Alliance partnership with a powerful, unconventional plugin that bravely breaks the compressor/expander mold to solve difficult dynamics challenges and create unique effects using ingenious Analysis modes and synth-like modulators.

Taken together, Zip’s Analysis modes empower its sidechain detector to react selectively to a much broader range of variables than traditional dynamics processors are capable of, greatly improving its ability to tame the most challenging tracks. And when an external sidechain input is needed, Zip has that, too.

Zip’s four Envelope Styles — Classic, Goopy, Quick, and Extreme — modify the processor’s attack and release curves, tailoring them to the engineer’s specific needs. The Extreme style’s lightning-fast response is great for aggressive processing, such as crushing room mics for drums.

The compressor’s Classic style and multimode sidechain filters can be used to enhance low-end punch and weight on mixes and masters. Goopy adds vintage glue to individual tracks and full mixes alike. All Envelope Styles can use Peak or RMS (Root Mean Square) detection, with or without Lookahead detection, along with manual settings for Attack and Release controls that further refine Zip’s response.

Together, these controls give Zip an extremely wide range of flavors — all dialed into perfection using the included wet/dry Mix control.

Creatively, it’s Unfiltered Audio’s flagship automatable modulation system that takes Zip into an entirely new realm for compressors and expanders. Its eight different internal modulators, as well as a patch to an external ROLI Lightpad controller, can be used — up to six modulators at once — on most of Zip’s controls.

Each modulator can be routed to multiple destinations using a simple drag-and-drop technique, unlocking a world of driving rhythmic effects synchronized to the tempo of the host DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Routing the square wave LFO (Low-Frequency Oscillator) to the expander’s Threshold control creates a pulsing gate, transforming a static synth pad into a dynamic staccato dance groove.

Patching the sawtooth LFO to the compressor’s Ratio knob creates a big room EDM-style ducking effect synchronized to the song’s beat. Other internal modulators include sinewave LFO, Step Sequencer, Input Follower, Macro Control, Sample and Hold Noise, and a new Gain Reduction control that responds inversely to compression.

Used without Zip’s modulators, the Color modes can be used to fatten up vocals, make drums pop and create dramatic swings in timbre on keyboard tracks with each note attack. When patched to Zip’s LFOs, the Color knob becomes a gateway to tempo-synched filter sweeps and pulsating distortion that make guitar and keyboard tracks come alive.

Whether using its inventive Analysis modes and versatile Envelope Styles to compress or expand tracks in new ways, or its state-of-the-art modulation system to create driving tempo-synched effects, Zip delivers a world of dynamics and tone shaping far beyond the ordinary. It’s a forgone conclusion.

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